Witchcraft & Human Rights Network Forms

UNHCR's Policy Development and Evaluation Service has created a "Witchcraft and Human Rights Network." It is an informal network where information about new developments, research and news related to witchcraft can be shared.

The first article shared with the network is an article written in New Issues in Refugee Research by Jill Schnoebelen called "Witchcraft Allegations and Displacement." Readers may download the article [pdf] from http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/4981ca712.pdf

If you are interested in participating in the network, please inform Maria Riiskjaer at riiskjae@unhcr.org

Best regards,
The Policy Development and Evaluation Service UNHCR Geneva

Google Earth and UNHCR Team Up

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) teamed up with the Google Earth Outreach program to enable users to view refugee operations occurring in Iraq, Darfur and Colombia. Google Earth allows users to view refugee camps and surrounding areas, as well as information regarding the everyday experiences of refugees. The new program will also allow humanitarian agencies to “overlay text, audio and video information onto Google Earth in what is known as a ‘layer,’ enabling them to explain and illustrate their humanitarian work to a worldwide audience.”

Anthropologists working with refugees and other displaced peoples are encouraged to contribute to the “layering” of the Google Earth Outreach program. Others may find it to be a useful educational tool.

UNHCR & Google Earth Program

UNHCR Press Release

AFP Article